IPL 2012: Mumbai vs Pune live cricket scores and commentary

A hard fought win for Pune this! They were restricted to a below par total but their bowlers fought it out hard after getting the danger man Levi in the first over. Dinda was the star of the day and he picked up four wickets - two in his very first over. Murali Kartik bowled brilliantly too. Disappointment for Mumbai, they were certainly the stronger team on paper but their batsmen let them down. Score | Photos

IPL 2012: MI vs PWI Live: Pune win by 28 runs

7:42 pm | 19.6 overs: Dinda to Munaf Patel, 1 run, Pune win by 28 runs! Halfway through the game, who would have fancied Pune to win the game? Superb captaincy and brilliant bowling has started their campaign in the right direction. Fuller one, Munaf Patel pats it to long on and takes a single. Okay Pune have drubbed Mumbai easily

Munaf Patel, right handed bat, comes to the crease

7:35 pm | 19.4 overs: WICKET! Dinda to Harbhajan, out Lbw!! It has been Dinda's day! 4th wicket for him and he's been nothing short of brilliant today. Full and straight, in the blockhole, hits Harbhajan's boot on the full as he was looking to heave it to the on side, easy decision for the umpire. Can Dinda get a fifer? Harbhajan lbw b Dinda 16(15) [4s-2] (MI 100/9 in 19.4 overs)

Pragyan Ojha, left handed bat, comes to the crease

7:30 pm | 18.5 overs: WICKET! Parnell to Malinga, out Caught by Uthappa!! Consistency is the key and Parnell deserved it! He stuck to that line, full and outside the off stump, Malinga looks to go down the ground, only gets an outside edge, Uthappa pouches it safely. Malinga c Uthappa b Parnell 5(3) [4s-1] (MI 96/8 in 18.5 overs)

Lasith Malinga comes to the crease

7:22 pm | 17.3 overs: WICKET! OK Pune are busy plugging all escape routes that Mumbai can think off... Dinda to Franklin, out Caught by Ferguson!! The end of Franklin - and with that goes all the hopes for Mumbai, good short ball, Franklin pulls, was a bit early into the shot, gets a top edge, even the bat came off his hands as he played at that, Ferguson at mid on ran back and completed a superb catch, kept his eyes on the ball all the time and judged it to perfection. Franklin c Ferguson b Dinda 32(42) [4s-1] (MI 88/7 in 17.3 overs)

Captain Harbhajan Singh comes to the crease

7:15 pm | 15.6 overs: WICKET! Rahul Sharma to Pollard, out Bowled!! Magnificent stuff! Has Rahul Sharma sealed it for his team with this Jaffa of a delivery? Quicker one again, pitches on leg and middle, turns across and rushes through as Pollard was looking to whip it across the line, he was bamboozled by that. The ball hits the top of middle. Pollard b Rahul Sharma 8(11) (MI 77/6 in 15.6 overs)

Kieron Pollard, right handed bat, comes to the crease

6:58 pm | 12.2 overs: WICKET! Another wicket and Pune are clearly in control at the stage...Marlon Samuels to Suryakumar, out Bowled!! Quicker ball that! Must be quicker than what most Indian fast bowlers would normally bowl, Suryakumar had no answers whatsoever, slight turn in towards Suryakumar who misses it comepletely, the ball crashes onto the off stump. Suryakumar b Marlon Samuels 0(4) (MI 64/5 in 12.2 overs)

6:55 pm | 11.3 overs: Bhuvneshwar to Franklin, 6 runs, Oh dear! Atrocious stuff from Pandey. It was worked away to deep mid wicket, they were running for the second, a wild throw from Pandey went at least 20 feet wide of the keeper, short fine leg had no chance and the ball runs away to the boundary, 6 runs, it doesn't matter how they come.

Suryakumar Yadav comes to the crease

6:50 pm | 10.5 overs: WICKET! And we were thinking these two - Karthik and Franklin will carry on. But Karthik's namesake has sent him off... Kartik to Dinesh Karthik, out Stumped!! Murali Kartik gets the breakthrough! Intelligent bowling this, he was playing on Dinesh Karthik's mind and once he saw the batsman coming down the track, he dropped it short, the ball spins away, no contact made, Uthappa does the rest. Dinesh Karthik was a long way down the track. The third umpire wanted to have a look at the dismissal to see whether the keeper collected the ball in front of the stumps, but Uthappa did it neat and clean. Dinesh Karthik st Uthappa b Kartik 32(32) [4s-4 6s-1] (MI 54/4 in 10.5 overs)

6:45 pm | 10 overs: Mumbai are 48/3 with Karthik 27* and Franklin 15* in the middle. The two are looking good. But they definitely need to accelerate

6:15 pm | Pune have turned the table on Mumbai with their incisive bowling. Mumbai are 7/3 after 3 overs

Dinesh Karthik comes to the crease

6:10 pm | 1.6 overs:WICKET! And wickets are rolling...Pune won't give in easily...Dinda to Rohit Sharma, out Caught by Uthappa!! My word! Just as I thought he's seeing the ball well, Rohit Sharma goes chasing at a wide delivery and gets a faint edge to the keeper. Definitely not a ball that deserved a wicket but luck does matter and Dinda has brought Pune back into the game with two wickets in his first over. Rohit Sharma c Uthappa b Dinda 1(6) (MI 5/3 in 1.6 overs)

Southpawa James Franklin comes to the crease

6:05 pm | 1.1 overs:WICKET! Dinda to Rayudu, out Caught by Kartik!! A wicket in the first ball for Dinda, Mumbai Indians are in some trouble here. What a start! Gets a thick outside edge as Rayudu looks to play that behind square on the off side, the ball flew straight into the hands of first slip. It was too close to th ebody to play the cut shot. Rayudu c Kartik b Dinda 1(2) (MI 2/2 in 1.1 overs)

Rohit Sharma, right handed bat, comes to the crease

6:02 pm | 0.2 overs: WICKET! Oh, ho Levi departs....poor start for Mumbai and Pune are celebrating...Kartik to Levi, out Stumped!! Dear o dear, that's exactly the start Pune would have wanted. Sharp turn, spins across the bat after pitching on leg, Levi was stretching forward, didn't make any contact and Uthappa did the rest. The plan to start with Kartik has worked for Ganguly. Levi st Uthappa b Kartik 0(2) (MI 0/1 in 0.2 overs)

6:00 pm | 0.1 overs: Left arm-spinner Murali Kartik gets ready to bowl to swashbuckling Mumbai opener Richard Levi. Levi is being assisted by Ambati Rayudu at the top of the order in the absence of Sachin Tendulkar, who injured his finger in their last IPL match against Chennai Super Kings.

PUNE INNINGS: So Mumbai have effictively restricted Pune to 129/9

5:40 pm | 19.6 overs: WICKET! Murali Kartik falls on the last ball of the innings... Munaf Patel to Kartik, out Rahul Sharma Run Out!! 1 run completed. Good work from the fielder and the keeper but the same can't be said about the batsmen. Kartik drives this to sweeper cover and is happy with one, Rahul Sharma wants 2 and comes half-way down the track, Pollard's throw is a bit wide but DK collects it and hits direct at the keeper's end to catch Rahul well short despite the dive. Rahul Sharma run out (Pollard/Dinesh Karthik) 0(0) (PWI 129/9 in 20 overs)

Rahul Sharma, right handed bat, comes to the crease

5:35 pm | 19.3 overs:WICKET! Munaf Patel to Steven Smith, out Caught by Pollard!! Caught just inside the ropes! Good innings from Smith comes to an end. This was in the slot for him to go for the shot and he swings across, hits it high but straight to deep mid wicket where Pollard takes it easily. The batsmen have rotated strike. Steven Smith c Pollard b Munaf Patel 39(32) [4s-4]

Murali Kartik, left handed bat, comes to the crease

5:30 pm | 17.2 overs:WICKET! And the left-arm spinner opens his account! Ojha to Bhuvneshwar, out Bowled!! Too good for the lower order batsman. Angles it in, lands it on leg and gets it to spin across, Bhuvneshwar was rooted to the crease as he tried to defend but the ball sneaked past the outside edge to hit off stump. Bhuvneshwar b Ojha 2(4) (PWI 105/7 in 17.2 overs)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes into bat

5:25 pm | 16.2 overs: WICKET! And Malinga gets another one... Malinga to Marlon Samuels, out Bowled!! Yorker. Bowled. Should I even describe? Malinga is now the highest wicket-taker in the history of IPL. Samuels was looking to make room and hit through the off side but missed it completely, turns back and sees his middle stump disturbed. Pune are heading towards a below par total. Marlon Samuels b Malinga 4(4) (PWI 102/6 in 16.2 overs)

5:22 pm | 16 overs: Strategic time out - Pune are 100/5 at the end of 16 overs. They really need to think out of the box from here on.

Marlon Samuels comes into bat

5:15 pm | 15.1 overs: WICKET! Oops Robin Uthappa takes a walk. Pollard to Uthappa, out Caught&Bowled!! Uh oh, that's an important blow. Pune needed Uthappa to fire but Pollard outsmarts him. Uthappa looks for a flat-batted slog but this was the slower one, only manages a top edge that stays high in the air and finds the safe hands of the bowler when it comes down. Big wicket that, dents Pune's chances of making a strong finish. Uthappa c and b Pollard 36(33) [4s-3] (PWI 91/5 in 15.1 overs)

4:55 pm | HOPES REST ON ROBIN (11 overs): Runs are hard to come by for Pune at this stage. That's Mumbai's strength with bowlers such as Malinga and Harbhajan. But if Robin Uthappa is there till the end, Pune have hope. We all know he can turn it on once he gets in.

4:45 pm | DISASTER FOR PUNE (8.5 overs): Just when things were looking up, a run out ruins it all. Ferguson cuts this one to point and takes off for a non existent single, finds himself mid way and realises that Uthappa is not interested at all, Rohit picks it up cleanly and hits bull's eye with only one stump to aim. That would remind Mumbai fielding coach Jony Rhodes of his heydays. Ferguson run out (Rohit Sharma) 12(13) [PWI 47-4]

4:40 pm | ROBIN HOLDS THINGS TOGETHER (8 overs): There is a sense of a fightback coming from the Pune batsmen now. Robin Uthappa and Callum Ferguson are looking good out in the middle. They've both hit a boundary each, but they need to put on a big partnership here if Pune are to have any hope of posting a challenging target for Mumbai.

4:25 pm | GANGULY OUT (3.4 overs): That's the end of Sourav Ganguly. Harbhajan Singh is expectedly elated to get his former skipper out. He knows how dangerous Dada can be. Ganguly came down the track too early and missed the flatter one completely. Ganguly st Dinesh Karthik b Harbhajan 3(6) [PWI 15-2]

4:20 pm | FIRST BOUNDARY FOR PUNE (3 overs): The pressure is clearly on Pune. Just one boundary so far, that too from the pads of Wayne Parnell -- yes, you read it right, Wayne Parnell. The left-arm pacer seems to have impressed the Pune management with his all-rounder abilities. Everyone knows he can bat, but pushing him up to number three! We'll have to see how that pans out for Pune.

4:07 pm | WHAT A START FOR MUMBAI (1 over): A wicket maiden by Lasith Malinga to begin with. Manish Pandey clean bowled on the fifth ball of the innings. The youngster clearly has a lot to learn. He got frustrated after four dot balls and picked the wrong delivery to go for a huge pre-meditated slog. Manish Pandey b Malinga 0(5) [PWI 0-1]

4:00 pm | ALL READY FOR THE START: Huge roar around the ground as the Pune batsmen walk out to bat. Sourav Ganguly and Manish Pandey are the men who would be facing up to Lasith Malinga.

3:47 pm | SACHIN RESTED: A big change made by the Mumbai Indians -- Sachin Tendulkar is not playing this game. It seems they are taking no chances with master blaster. In fact, they don't need to at this stage of the tournament. Tendulkar, remember, had picked up a finger injury during Mumbai's first game against Chennai. A bit of a disappointment this for all the fans who had gathered to witness a battle between Sachin and Sourav. Suryakumar Yadav has replaced Tendulkar in the playing XI.

3:34 pm | CAPTAIN'S VIEW: Sourav Ganguly says, "It's great to be back on the playing field. This is a wonderful venue, India has done well here so it's good to be here. We have more or less a same side as what we had last year. Yuvraj Singh is keeping well, our players are with him. Hopefully he gets back to the playing area soon. I will open the batting (smiles). I would have batted had we won the toss. It is hot, we have a good bowling attack. We've been training since 26th, but the first game is always a nervous one. Keen to play, hopefully we do well as a team."

3:32 pm | CAPTAIN'S VIEW: Harbhajan Singh says, "Nice to be back in Mumbai, looking forward to play in front of the home crowd. It was a good game for us, but we still have to come out and play good cricket. We'll bowl first. It was important to win the first game but it is gone now, today is a very important game as well. We want to go out and give our best shot. The wicket is not going to change much, we have a strong batting line up so hopefully we can get some early wickets."

3:30 pm | MUMBAI WIN TOSS: Harbhajan Singh has elected to field after winning the toss. Some confusion there between the captains about the call, but the commentator was alert and settled things. Mumbai will be hoping to repeat their previous show -- bowl well and bat solid. Pune will have to be careful, especially against Lasith Malinga and Bhajji.

3:20 pm | BUZZ ON THE GROUND: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of this exciting encounter between the Mumbai Indian and Pune Warriors India from the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This is the fourth match of IPL 2012 and the first afternoon start in this year's tournament.

Mumbai start the game as favourites considering their solid performance the other night, when they outclassed two-time champions Chennai. The team is responding well to the aggressive leadership of Harbhajan Singh, and the off-spinner will again play a crucial role in their fortunes.

Pune have also been in the news recently, but not for the right reasons. The Warriors almost pulled out of this year's event because of a stand-off between the BCCI and team owners Sahara. There is no doubt that captain Sourav Ganguly will sorely miss the services of Yuvraj Singh, but then, but if you could pick one player to pull a rabbit out of the hat, Dada would surely be the choice.

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Mumbai won both matches against Pune in last year's IPL. The first match was a tight affair with Mumbai securing a 7-wicket win off the last ball while chasing 119. But the second game was rather one-sided as Pune lost by 21 runs while chasing a total of 160.

WATCH OUT FOR: Pune's hard-hitting batsman Robin Uthappa is one short of registering 50 sixes in the IPL. He will become the 10th player to achieve that mark. For Mumbai, Lasith Malinga has taken 63 wickets in the IPL and he needs two more to surpass RP Singh as the highest wicket-taker in the competition's history.